1847
unspecified
From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
Dominant colour
Orientală is a 1847 unspecified by Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, a Orientalism work, held at National Museum of Art of Romania.
This painting shows a woman with dark, wavy hair and a calm expression. She’s wearing a loose, golden dress with a dark trim on the sleeves. Her left hand rests on what looks like a piece of fabric or a pillow, and the background is mostly dark, keeping all the focus on her. The soft lighting on her face and shoulders makes her look three-dimensional. The artist used shadows and light to create depth, almost like a spotlight. This technique is called *chiaroscuro*.
Constantin Daniel Rosenthal (b.Rosenthal Konstantin, 1820 – July 23, 1851) was a painter and sculptor of Austrian birth and a Romanian 1848 revolutionary, best known for his portraits and his choice of Romanian Romantic nationalist subjects.
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